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Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872 
AphiaID: 135204

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiacyathidae (Family) > Fungiacyathus (Genus) > Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Fungiacyathus Sars, 1872
Parent Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) Sars, 1872
Synonymised
taxa
  Fungiacyathus hawaiiensis (Vaughan, 1907) (junior synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1984. New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. Occasional papers of the Bishop Musem, 25(10): 1-30. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices  [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Rec. of West. Austr. Mus. 18(4): 361-417, 9 pls.  [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2004. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia of Australia. Rec. Australian Mus., 56(3): 259-329, 12 pls. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1981. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. NOAA Tech. Rept. NMFS Circ. 438: l4 pp., l6 figs.  [details]

redescription: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1982. Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series 34: 1-74. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 200-2200 m [details]

Distribution: semi-cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat: bathyal [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Homonymy: senior homonym of F. symmetricus fragilis Keller, 1976 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135204
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-08-27 12:16:13Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) fragilis Sars, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135204 on 2013-05-25
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